Vaiyapuri & Murali Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Vaiyapuri and Murali appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 1998 and 2003. Their highest-rated collaboration was Ooty (1999 — 6.5/10). Films span Kaadhale Nimmadhi (1998) through Kadhaludan (2003).
The Vaiyapuri & Murali partnership
Between 1998 and 2003, they barely worked apart — 5 films in 5 years. For 5 years, a Vaiyapuri–Murali film arrived almost every year. From Kaadhale Nimmadhi (1998) to Kadhaludan (2003).
The spanned closed with Kadhaludan in 2003. It started with Kaadhale Nimmadhi (1998).
The shape of the work
The 2000s account for 60% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Ooty; the 2000s to Kadal Pookkal. Vaiyapuri acted in every film; Murali acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
5 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.2/10.
The 2000s accounted for 3 films, averaging 5.6/10.
- Ooty
- Kaadhale Nimmadhi
- Kadal Pookkal
- Gemini
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 5 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Vaiyapuri had 0 films behind them; Murali had 49. After Kadhaludan, Vaiyapuri kept going for 60 more films; Murali stepped back.
Kaadhale Nimmadhi was Vaiyapuri's acting debut.
After Kadhaludan, Vaiyapuri went on to appear in 60 more films, including Papanasam (2015) and Thalaikoothal (2023).
Before Kaadhale Nimmadhi, Murali had starred in 49 films, including Ninaivu Chinnam (1989) and Thanga Manasukkaran (1992).
After Kadhaludan, Murali went on to appear in 10 more films, including Raam (2005) and Baana Kaathadi (2010).



Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Vaiyapuri & Murali's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Deva is the through-line — music on 3 of their 5 films. Deva scored 3 of them.
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